Reel-carrying apparatus for web-printing presses or other machines.



NO. 769,660. PATENTED SEPT. L G. W. MASOORD. 6 1304 REEL CARRYINGAPPARATUS FOR WEB PRINTING PRESSES OR OTHER MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED 00123, 1903.

NO MODEL.

Patented September 6, 1094.

UNIT D STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

GEORGE \VILLIAM MASOORD, OF LONDON, ENGLAND. ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT HOE, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

REEL-CARRYING APPARATUS FOR WEB-PRINTING PRESSES OR OTHER MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,660, da edSeptember 6, 1904.

Original application filed July 7, 1902, Serial No. 114,701.

To (all whom, it 71mg concern..-

Be it known that I, GEORGE WILLIAM Mas- CORD, a citizen of GreatBritain, residing at 5 The Crescent, Church Road, Barnes, London, S. 7.,England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in andRelating to Reel-Carrying Apparatus for \Veb-Printing Presses or otherMachines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to reel-carrying ap paratus for use inweb-printing presses and other machines, as described in thespecification of my prior application for Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, Serial No. IHJOI, filed the 7th of July, 1902.

The invention has for its particular object to provide reel-carryingapparatus with independent carrying-frames, so that the carrying-framesmay be independently rotatable to bring new reels into position forpassing through the machine.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 illustrates in elevation and partly in section a reel-carryingapparatus constructed according to the invention, while Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing a modification of the invention.

In carrying the invention into effect in its application to a rotaryweb-printing press the apparatus provided according to the invention ismounted in the rear thereof, as

illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings forming part of my saidprior application. The carriers are provided, as illustrated in Fig. l,in sections (1 (7, the respective sections being formed of a rectangularshape and provided with arms on 'each side, while the lower parts ofeach section (7 may beprovided with pivots [1, lying within holes formedin the upper part of the next section, such as a ball-race being formedbetween the opposing parts, such as (Z so that each section may berotated independently of the others where it is required to present oneor a number of new reels only of the series. Similarly the carrier maybe mounted upon Divided and this application filed October 3, 1903,Serial (No model.)

a vertical spindle, such as Z, in which case the respective pairs ofreels may be carried by means of lateral carrying-arms "m, which areformed integral with bearing-bosses, such as u u, by means ofconnecting-arms p, as illustrated. Bearing-bosses, such as q, are fixedupon the spindle and ball-bearings are provided between thebearing-bosses 1 and the bearing-bosses a, so that the carrier may bereadily swung round when a new reel is to be presented in position.

In Fig. 2 the spindle is shown as carried in a journal-bearing and a topbearing 1'; but

the spindle may instead be carried by means of lateral brackets securedto the frame of the press, while, similarly, the bearing-bosses (1instead of being fixed to the spindle 7 may also be carried in lateralbrackets, so that thus they may serve for supporting the reelframcs aswell as for supporting the spindle 7.

Various modifications in structure and arrangement will readily suggestthemselves to thoseskilled in the art, and I do not, therefore, need todescribe such here. Moreover, if found necessary or desirable, thecarrier may be mounted so as to be movable forward and away from themachine.

It is obvious that the supportingcarrier or frame may be provided tocarry sets of two, three, four, or any other number of reels, as may berequired. It is, however, in general preferred to arrange the reels inpairs, as

illustrated in the figu res. Such an arrangement could be utilized forcarrying, for example,

two relatively narrow reels, one of which could be mounted in front andout ofline with the other, the two passing into the machine as one web.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A reel-carrier comprising a plurality of superimposed independentlyrotatable frames, each comprising an upright portion havingoppositely-projecting arms, provided with suitable bearings for thereels, substantially as described.

2. A reel-carrier comprising a base-plate,

an upright rotatably supported thereon and In testimony WhereofI havehereunto signed having oppositely-pro ecting arms provided my name tothis specification in the presence with suitable bearings for the reels,a second of two subscribing Witnesses.

upright rotatably supported on said first up- GEORGE WILLIAM MilSOORD. 5right and also having oppositely-projecting I Witnesses:

arms provided with suitable bearings for the J .VVALTER J. SKERTEN,

reels, substantially as described. WILLIAM EDWARD EVANS.

